The
students had got down from a DTC bus and were in conversation with the
DTC bus ticket checker when two sub-inspectors from Bharatnagar police
station intervened and started threatening the students.

New Delhi, Aug 22 : Delhi Police is probing an allegation by a pair of students from
the northeast that they were thrashed by two sub-inspectors over the
trivial issue of not purchasing a bus ticket.

The North-East Forum for International Solidarity has claimed the two students were beaten up near Delhi University's Satyawati College. The sub-inspectors, Puneet and LakshmiChand, have been suspended.

"The two students belonged to the North-East Forum for International Solidarity that spearheaded the protests against Hindi-ization of DU. The two were on their way to Satyawati College to discuss the demerits of the four-year undergraduate programme and problems faced by northeasterners in the city," said Thanglunmang Khongsai, a NEFIS representative.

The students had got down from a DTC bus and were in conversation with the DTC bus ticket checker when two sub-inspectors from Bharatnagar police station intervened and started threatening the students.

"When the students allegedly objected, the policemen
picked them up and took them to the police station where they not only
thrashed them but passed remarks about their racially typical facial
features. They were released only when they had signed on a statement
saying they were not assaulted by the police but by a third party,"
Khongsai said.

The two students were later taken to Hindu Rao
Hospital for a medico-legal case report which will be produced in court
and the deputy commissioner of police, said sources.

Talking to TOI, DCP (northwest) N Gnanasambandan said they are taking the allegation seriously.

"We have found that the police were involved in an incident with two DU
students. There are allegations and counter-allegations on the matter.
We are sending senior officials to speak to the victims. Depending on
what these officials find, we will begin legal action against the errant officers. We will also study the MLC report," the DCP said.